30岁以上人群中1/3患高血压

A giant global study finds the number of people over 30 with high blood pressure has doubled over the past 30 years, and more than half of them are not being treated for it.

一项全球大型研究发现，30岁以上高血压患者人数在过去30年间翻了一番，其中超半数未接受过任何治疗。

The researchers looked at data covering 184 countries. The number of people with high blood pressure doubled from 648 million in 1990 to nearly 1.3 billion by 2019, they found.

研究人员研究了184个国家的数据，发现从1990年到2019年，高血压患者的数量从6.48亿增加到近13亿。

Overall, just under a third of men and women ages 30 to 79 had high blood pressure, the study found.

总体来看，30至79岁的人群中有近1/3患有高血压。

"The pandemic of cardiovascular disease has received less attention in the last 18 months but reflects concerning worldwide trends in unhealthy lifestyle choices such as high fat, sugar, salt and alcohol intake, sedentary lifestyles with avoidance of exercise, and smoking," said Robert Storey, a professor of cardiology at the University of Sheffield.

英国谢菲尔德大学心脏病学教授罗伯特•斯特里表示："过去一年半里，人们对心血管疾病的关注较少，但它反映的不健康生活方式已经成为全球普遍现象，比如高糖、高脂肪、重盐和过量酒精的摄入，以及久坐、不锻炼、吸烟等。"